Roman Catholic Diocese of Chuncheon
Diocese of Chuncheon Dioecesis Chuncheonensis 춘천교구 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | South Korea partly in North Korea |
| Territory | Northern part of Gangwon |
| Ecclesiastical province | Seoul |
| Metropolitan | Seoul |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 12,016 km2 (4,639 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 61 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 April 1939 (86 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Chuncheon |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Simon Kim Ju-young |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrew Yeom Soo-jung |
| Bishops emeritus | Lucas Kim Woon-hoe |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| cccatholic.or.kr | |
The Diocese of Chunchon (also romanized Chuncheon and Ch’unch’on, Latin: Dioecesis Chuncheonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in South Korea. A suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul, it has ecclesiastic authority over the administrative province of Gangwon-do.
Its cathedral episcopal see mother church is Jungnim-dong Cathedral in Chuncheon.